A mission led by the Iranian Cultural Heritage Organization has discovered a fortified Elamite military garrison in the foothills of the Zagros Mountains. The site, dating to approximately 1500 BCE, includes a massive mud-brick gatehouse, defensive ramparts, and a centralized armory containing hundreds of bronze arrowheads, spear points, and fragments of scale armor. The garrison appears to have guarded a strategic mountain pass connecting the Elamite lowlands with the central Iranian plateau.
Inside the administrative wing, researchers found a collection of cuneiform tablets documenting troop movements, ration distributions, and reports on local unrest. These records provide invaluable information on the military logistics and border security strategies of the Middle Elamite Kingdom, as well as its interactions with neighboring Mesopotamian powers like the Babylonians and Assyrians.